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Norwegian gratitude for support in WW2

Countries: Norway

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See Norwegian Government-in-exile.

This gratitude is made manifest each Christmas, since 1947, in the arrival of the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, a gift from Norway.

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Norwegian gratitude for support in WW2

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